Statement to Teachers on Teachers’ Day
This
Teachers’ Day, let us reaffirm our faith in the vision of Dr. S.
Radhakrishnan , who believed that a University should be a space for
dialogue, for a free and fearless exchange of ideas, and that
public-funded Universities empower and create conditions for confidence
and equity by giving all sections of our society access to quality
education. Let each one of us take an oath to protect our academic
freedom, to defend our democratic spaces, to safeguard the dignity of
teachers and ensure a future for our students. Those who pay lip
sympathy to teachers on Teachers’ Day, but spare no effort to humiliate
them and vandalise the academic life of the University should be warned
that teachers will not tolerate any further destruction of all that is
humane, beautiful and true in our Universities. Their dishonesty stands
exposed.
Teachers’ Day, let us reaffirm our faith in the vision of Dr. S.
Radhakrishnan , who believed that a University should be a space for
dialogue, for a free and fearless exchange of ideas, and that
public-funded Universities empower and create conditions for confidence
and equity by giving all sections of our society access to quality
education. Let each one of us take an oath to protect our academic
freedom, to defend our democratic spaces, to safeguard the dignity of
teachers and ensure a future for our students. Those who pay lip
sympathy to teachers on Teachers’ Day, but spare no effort to humiliate
them and vandalise the academic life of the University should be warned
that teachers will not tolerate any further destruction of all that is
humane, beautiful and true in our Universities. Their dishonesty stands
exposed.
Teachers
in our University, like teachers elsewhere, have begun to reflect on
the basic conditions and aims of education. This reflection is a result
of the relentless attack, by those who seek to profit through brazen
commercialization, on teaching-learning and the collective suffering
that teachers have been subjected to. This Teachers’ Day, therefore,
occasions a rediscovery of our ideals – the only weapons with which we
can defend ourselves, our students and the imagination for a better,
more equitable and just society
in our University, like teachers elsewhere, have begun to reflect on
the basic conditions and aims of education. This reflection is a result
of the relentless attack, by those who seek to profit through brazen
commercialization, on teaching-learning and the collective suffering
that teachers have been subjected to. This Teachers’ Day, therefore,
occasions a rediscovery of our ideals – the only weapons with which we
can defend ourselves, our students and the imagination for a better,
more equitable and just society
Nandita Narain
President, DUTA
https://duta.live
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